1. Erie Canal In the song “Erie Canal” you will find both slurs and ties.
Look for the following symbol in the score as you listen to the music.
What does this symbol tell you to do?

2. Erie Canal
A slur tells the singer to connect the vowel sound of a syllable through the different pitches sung.
A tie extends the length of the note and creates a longer duration.

3. two tied eighth notes = one quarter note
Equivalent Rhythms
A tie connects pitches and rhythms together to create longer sounds. Notes are tied together. Rhythm patterns that include ties create different note values.
This pattern:
Can also be written like this:
two tied eighth notes = one quarter note

4. Equivalent Rhythms
Rhythms can be written in many different ways, yet sound the same. Identify the tie placement below.
Using rhythm syllables, read, clap, and speak each pattern below.
Clap and speak this basic pattern.
The tie connects two sounds to make one.
This pattern is the same as the rhythm above.

5. Equivalent Rhythms
Using rhythm syllables, read, clap, and speak each pattern below. Identify the tie placement.
Clap and speak this pattern.
This time, the tie falls between beats. This tie creates a syncopated pattern.
This syncopated pattern is the same as the rhythm above.

6. Equivalent Rhythms
The following two syncopated patterns are equivalent. They look different but sound the same.
Read, clap, and speak these patterns. =
While clapping a steady beat, speak the rhythm pattern using rhythm syllables.

7. Equivalent Rhythms and Syncopation
Each pair of rhythm patterns in the green brackets is equivalent.
Read, clap, and speak these patterns.
Identify which pattern is syncopated.

8. Equivalent Rhythms and Syncopation
Syncopated rhythms begin on the offbeat and are tied, or carried over, into another beat.
Off the beat
Identify the number of tied syncopated patterns in the song “Erie Canal.”
Sing “Erie Canal” and raise your hand each time you sing a syncopated rhythm.